Windows: YouTube download tools come and go, but Direct YouTube Downloader is a feature-packed tool that lets you download all of your favorites at one time, download an entire YouTube channel at once, lets you pick the resolution to download, and will even convert those video to play on your preferred mobile device after downloading.

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Direct YouTube Downloader can definitely download the occasional video whenever you find one you want to take with you on the train or watch offline, but it really shines when you have a lot of videos you want to download at once. For example, if you’re planning a cross-country trip and want to binge on episodes of The Lifehacker Show, you could use the app to download our entire channel, or just a playlist of all of our episodes. If you just want to download all of your favorite videos to watch on a plane trip, you can set the app against your favorite videos and download them all in one go as well.

The app’s feature-set is impressive as well. Direct YouTube Downloader supports any video resolution, all the way up to Ultra HD 4K videos, and lets you specify which resolution to download. Before you download, you can also tell the app what mobile device you have (or, if you already know, which format you prefer) and it’ll download and convert the file to play on that device. Direct YouTube Downloader is completely free, and works like a charm (just watch the options when you install! Uncheck the search engine change and toolbar install, and you’re good to go.) Have a favorite alternative? Don’t bother downloading YouTube videos because you’re always online anyway? Let us know in the discussions below.

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Update: It’s come to our attention that the installer for this tool comes bundled with malware, beyond simple adware that you can opt-out of when running the installer. It looks like the installer itself pre-installs malware when you run it, and since you don’t have the option to use the tool without also installing the adware or malware bundled with it, we can no longer recommend the app and have removed the download links.